By Samantha Alzate, LCSW — EMDR Therapist, Reiki Master, & Consciousness Studies Practitioner
There’s something sacred that happens when healing finally lands. Not just in your mind, but in your nervous system, your energy field, and your soul.
This is the space I work in, and the space I want to talk to you about.
For years, I’ve practiced EMDR with a deep respect for the science behind it. But as a Reiki Master and someone with a certification in Consciousness Studies, I’ve learned that healing doesn’t stop when the eye movements end. Healing is layered, intelligent, intuitive. It begins in the body and ripples outward into the emotional, energetic, and spiritual self.
When you sit with me, I’m not only listening to your story. I’m also paying attention to your energy, your breath, your posture, the way your nervous system responds, and the quieter messages your soul is trying to send. I don’t just track symptoms, on the physical level but on the soul level as well.
And while I follow EMDR protocol with integrity, I let intuition guide how deep we go and when we go there. Sometimes the energy shifts before the conscious mind has caught up. Sometimes the body says “pause” long before the words do. That’s where the real attunement lives.
Before we release old beliefs or install new ones, we spend time grounding your system. We slow down. We breathe. We help your body feel safe enough to hold the change. Because regulation isn’t just a clinical requirement, it’s an energetic one. Your future self can’t land in a dysregulated system, and you deserve to step into the next version of yourself from a place that feels steady and supported.
In our work together, the body speaks just as loudly as the mind. I often invite you to notice the shifts, the tightening of your chest, the warmth in your hands, the images or colors that appear, the pull or release in your energy field. These sensations tell the truth in ways language can’t always reach.
Because I’m trained in Reiki, energy hygiene becomes part of our sessions too. Trauma carries residue , the kind we feel in our field even when we can’t name it. In our work, we explore how to clear what doesn’t belong to you, call back the parts of your power that have scattered, and create boundaries that feel clean and aligned. EMDR clears the trauma; energy work clears the imprint the trauma left behind.
For clients who are open to it, we take the work even deeper. We explore intuition, soul-level themes, past-life impressions, symbolic meanings, and the quieter wisdom inside you that knows exactly where you’re meant to go. It’s about reconnecting with the parts of you that feel ancient, intuitive, and deeply alive.
One of my favorite parts of this process is future templates. The moment where you begin practicing the version of yourself who has already healed, already expanded, already stepped into a new timeline. We rehearse the thoughts, emotions, and energy of the future until your nervous system recognizes it as truth. It’s where neuroscience meets manifestation. It’s where alignment becomes real.
My EMDR intensives weave together sound healing, grounding, breathwork, visualization, somatic attunement, and energy balancing. Clients often describe these intensives as a reset, a shift, an energetic exhale like stepping into the life they’ve been trying to reach for years.
Through all of this, there’s one thing I’ve learned over and over again:
Self-care is not enough.
What we really need is soul care.
Self-care helps us maintain.
Soul care helps us transform.
Soul care is where we ask the bigger questions:
Who am I becoming?
What am I ready to outgrow?
What timeline am I choosing?
What does my higher self want for me?
This is the work I’m bringing more of into 2026, not just trauma healing, but soul-level transformation. Not just EMDR, but psycho-spiritual EMDR. Not just coping, but alchemy.
If you feel called to this kind of work such as EMDR intensives, Reiki-infused healing, or joining one of my full moon or soul care circles, I would love to support you.
Your healing is sacred.
